We all get it… So why they hell don’t fisheries managers? Top photo by John McMurray Localized depletion… Pretty self-explanatory right? You scoop up tons and tons of bait fish in a pretty specific area, then they just aren’t there anymore. Sure, some may remain, maybe even a good amount. But those big schooling concentrations […]
As Conservation-Minded Anglers, We Should Support This Top Photo: Squat Lobster on Coral in Nygren Canyon. Credit: NOAA OKEANOS Explorer Program, 2013 Northeast U.S. Canyons Expedition Last year the Obama Administration announced that it was considering what could possibly be the nation’s first marine monument off the continental U.S. Of course, it touched off a […]
As the Northeast releases a regional plan and the Mid Atlantic gets ready to release theirs, we should be paying attention Okay… This is not a sexy topic. And I hesitate to even write about it here, but damn if it isn’t important… For us… For everyone. And frankly, most of us, including myself up […]
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council is holding a public comment period on an important amendment to their fishery management plans, and you need to weigh in! I haven’t posted a blog in a while. Because, well, because I’ve been absolutely hammering the striped bass. In fact I’ve been booked solid, sometimes doing two trips a […]
A Rare Opportunity Exists To Protect An Extraordinary Animal False albies are awesome… If you’ve ever stuck one, and listened to the sweet music of line screaming off your reel, you know this. Undoubtedly, they are, pound-for-pound, the strongest, fastest fish regularly inshore of 20 fathoms, and in many ways they are the perfect light-tackle/flyfishing […]
As a Massive Wind Farm Off Of Western Long Island Moves One Step Closer To Reality, We Should Support It If you’ve spent more than a few days on the water, you absolutely get it that the wind blows harder and more uniformly offshore. I’m frequently reminded of this simple truth by a dousing of […]
Undercover Sting Shows Us Why We Need Better Monitoring of the Fleet Generally, I try my best to avoid writing about New England. Mostly because it’s a train wreck. It’s really the perfect example of what happens when for decades you avoid imposing hard quotas on managed fisheries. Gulf of Maine Cod, the iconic New […]
“Ocean Planning” Offers Anglers An Opportunity We Should Take If you’ve spent any real time offshore, you know that some spots are more “fishy” than others. To any fishermen worth his/her salt, that’s just a given. Often, a spot’s productivity is due to hard-bottom, structure or rapid depth changes. But other times, for no particular […]
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